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Nectar of Instruction
(NOI)
From
shraddha
to
prema
In Eleven Verses
Texts 1-3
shraddha
Texts 4-6
sadhu-saìgaù
Text 7
bhajana-kriya
anartha-nivrittiù
nishTha
ruciù
Text 8
Texts 9-11
asaktiù
bhavaù
prema
Key themes in the
Nectar of Instruction
Mind & Sense Control
Attitude
ISKCON’s Purpose
Guru and Disciple
Sadhu-sanga
Devotees (Kinds, Behavior & qualifications)
Bhakti (Stages & Development)
NOI
Text One
Maharaja Pariksit
on
Atonement
Analogies
Elephant & Bath
Thief & Police
Confessions
Real Atonement
Awakening
Dormant KC
(Tapasya)
Training according to
Regulative Principles
& Methodical Life
Application
Pancaratric Tapasya:
Rupa Goswami’s Method
Traditional
Tapasya
Celibacy
Austerity
Do
Don’t
Truthfulness
Mind & Sense Control
Renounciation
Cleanliness
Yoga-asanas
Practice Bhakti
Under Guru guidance
In Assoc. of Devs.
Four Regs.
Application
SP’s
Purport
Vaco
Manasaù
BSST’s
Purport
Krodha
Jihva
Problem:
Karmis & Jnanis
Snake & Toad
Problem:
Vacuum
Attracts Anarthas
Problem:
Can’t be stopped
Problem:
Forced to eat in
Karmi shops
Solution:
Krishna Katha
(not silence)
Solution:
Meditate on
Lotus Feet
Sun & Krishna
Solution:
Apply against
Blasphemers
Jag & Mad, Hanuman
Arjuna
Solution:
Prasada
Be grateful when
Krishna supplies
Accept as mercy
Scheduled times
Udaro Pastha
No unnecessary sex
KC Kids
BSST’s Purport
Anuvritti Commentary
3 Kinds of Urges
Speech
Mind
Body
Connected in straight line starting with tongue
Problem:
Prajalpa
Karmis, Jnanis &
Karma Kandis
Solution:
Hari Katha
SB 1.5.10-11
Avirodha-priti
Tongue
Unrestricted
Attachment
Virodha-yukta-krodha
Anger due
to Frustration
Verses:
BVT – Prasad Prayers
CC Ant 6.227
CC Ant 6.236
6 Types of Demands
Tamo – Dead bodies
Rajo - Spicy
Sattva – Milk & Grains
Maha Tamo – Intoxicants
Prasad – Offering delicious food
Prasada (Mansion) – Visiting for food
Belly
Genitals
Illegal:
Problem:
Stomach Disease
5 types:
thinking, planning,
talking, doing &
Artificial means
Solution:
Fasting for Ekadasi
& Festivals
Legal:
Marriage &
KC kids
Conclusion
The Theme of NOI
“You Can Serve Only One Master”
Senses
Krishna
Go-dasa or Adanta-go:
Servant of
the senses
Gosvami:
Controller of
The Senses
(Qualified as a Spiritual
Master)
NOI
How They Spoil
Pure Bhakti?
Atyaharaù
Analogy:
Rice & Birds
Prayasash
Jana-saìgaù
Overendeavour:
Brothels
Factories
Liquor Dens
Religion
Actual Purpose
SB 1.2.9
Problem:
Less Time
for Inquiry
Modern Society
SB 4.8.41
Solution:
Simple Living
SB 1.2.10
Laulyam
Analogy:
Stock Market
Bhakta-sane vasa
by Narrotama d.
Ideal Society
Bhukti
Enemity
Destroyed
Mukti
Economic
Maladjustments
Corrected
Siddhi
Political
Stability
Spiritual
Community
Established
Philosophy
Analogy:
Business Man
Re-born as
Cobbler
What are the
Advantages of
Avoiding Them?
Text Two
Prajalpo
Niyamagrahaù
Karmi’s Books
Jnani’s Books
Analogy:
Frog
agraha
agraha
Cause of
Spiritual Awakening
ISKCON
Welfare Work
Rejects rules:
Enjoyers
Analogy:
Commies & Capitalists
$100 on the road
Iso. Mantra 1
Not Centered
on Krishna
Accepts rules:
Ritualists
Education
Training
NOI
Text Four
Do NOT
Associate with
Associate with
Whom?
Where?
Devotees
Businessmen
at Hotel
Principle of Assoc.
BG 2.62
saìgat sanjayate
ISKCON
Peace
Devotee
Gives
Donation
Gives
Books, BTG
Invitation
to House
Festivals &
Prasadam
Inquires
about KC
Explaination
to practice KC
Spiritual Life
Nourished
Why?
Success
Desires & Ambitions
Develop According
to Our Association
Life Membership
Facilitates
6 Exchanges
Life Member
How?
Dormant KC
Revived
Dadati
Pratigrihnati
Willing & Ready
to Receive
Give Holy Name
Effect:
shikshashTaka 1–ceto
CC Mad 22.107
Friendship
Haridasa & CM
Caitanya in
Jharikhanda
Guhyam
akhyati
People can abandon
animosity
With an Open mind
Hear to unders the
situa of Material World
Bhuìkte
Sunday Feast
Tranquility
Guhyam
pricchati
Inquires
about KC movement
Bhojayate
Invited Home
Do NOT
Associate with
Whom?
Mayavadis
&
Atheists
How?
Guhyam
Never
Inquire
Confidentially
akhyati
Never Give
Or Accept
Invitation
To Associate
Intimately
Pricchati
By Intimate
Intermingling
One is
Affected
shrila Rüpa Gosvami’s
Dadati
Pratigrihnati
Negative
Injunction!
Do Not Give
or Take
Anything
Bhuìkte
Bhojayate
Never Give or
Accept Food
CC Ant 6.278
vishayira anna
Poisonous
Association
Snake, Milk
& Bananas
Any information will
be used to promote
materialism & oppose
KC!
CC Mad 11.8
nishkincanasya
Unless one is
very advanced
he is unable to utilise
everyone’s contribution
for furthering KC!
Dadati Principle
Advanced Devotee
Gives at Least 50%
Why?
Whatever the
Income – 50%
Principle:
We should not
accept charity from
Mayavadis &
Atheists
Service to Krishna
& Devotees
50% - Krishna
25% - Family
25% - Personal
Fufills demands of
Dadati
NOI
Text Five
KanishTha
Madhyama
Uttama
Maitri
Friends with
Devotees
Uncritical
Even if a Pure
Devotee Criticises
Worships Only
Deity
Prema
Krishna is the
Object of Love
Behaves Badly
With Devotees
Kripa
Merciful
Upekshaù
Avoids the Envious
Without false
ego or envy
Out of great
pain or regret
Harinama Initiated
Trying to Chant
Fixed-up
Surrendered to
KC Process
Inconclusive
Knowledge of Sastra
Hate disease
not diseased
To protect
newcomer’s faith
Pliable Faith
Soft / Unsteady
CC Ant. 4.192
diksha-kale bhakta
Undeterred
Continues Process
in Any
Circumstance
Faithful
Firm in Chanting
With Faith
shraddha
Self-Realised
Seriously Engaged
in Lord’s Service
Strict In Following
Four Regs.
Expounds
Spreads KC
Disinterested In
Material Enjoyment
Guru
Best Guru
Converts
Offenseless
Inquire
Interactions with
Uttama-adhikari
Serve
Pure
Free from Anarthas
Associate
BVT – Vaisnava Converts
Many to Vaisnavism
Is outreach success sign of sp adv?
Yes, provided they
are the results of,
not substitutes for,
inner fulfillment
Is outreach success sign of sp adv?
Yes, provides they
are the results of,
not substitutes for,
inner fulfillment
Is outreach success sign of sp adv?
Yes, provides they
are the results of,
not substitutes for,
inner fulfillment
Is outreach success sign of sp adv?
Yes, provides they
are the results of,
not substitutes for,
inner fulfillment
Kanishta adhikari
• Maharaja Nimi said: Now please tell me in greater
detail about the devotees of the Supreme Lord.
What are the natural symptoms by which I can
distinguish between the most advanced devotees,
those on the middle level and those who are
neophytes? What are the typical religious activities
of a Vaishnava, and how does he speak?
Specifically, please describe those symptoms and
characteristics by which Vaishnavas become dear
to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. (SB
11.2.44)
Kanishta adhikari
• Difference between `archana’ and `bhajana’
By shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
Arcana refers to the platform of sadhana-bhakti, in which
one serves the Lord to carry out the rules and regulations of
the process.
One who has achieved the shelter of the Lord’s holy name and
is totally engaged in the attempt to serve the Lord should be
considered to be on the platform of bhajana, even though his
external activities may sometimes be less strict than those of
the neophyte engaged in arcana.
This apparent lack of strictness, however, refers to laxity not
in the basic principles of sane behavior and renunciation of
sense gratification, but rather in the details of Vaishnava
ceremonies.
A Kanishta adhikari may consider this lack of strictness to be a fault.
Kanishta adhikari
• Be conscious that God is everywhere, not only in the temple
shrila Madhvacarya comments that one in the lowest stage of
devotional service faithfully worships the Deity in the temple but
is not aware that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is actually
all-pervading.
This same mentality can be seen in the Western countries, where
people commit all types of sinful activities in their homes and in
the street but then piously go to a church and pray to God for
mercy.
Actually, God is in our home, God is in the street, God is in our
office, God is in the forest, God is everywhere, and therefore God
should be worshiped everywhere by the process of devotional
service at His lotus feet.
Kanishta adhikari
• Kanishta devotee thinks high of himself
Being puffed up by his own ceremonial worship (atmano bhaktidarpataù), a kanishTha-adhikari cannot imagine that anyone is
more pious or religious than he, and he is not even aware that
other devotees are more advanced. Thus he cannot understand
the madhyama or uttama standard of devotional service, and
sometimes, because of his false pride, he :
 - criticizes the more advanced devotees of the Lord,
 - neglects them
 - simply has no understanding of their exalted position as
preachers or completely self-realized souls.
Kanishta adhikari
• Kanishta devotee is disturbed if a second-class devotee
criticizes the nondevotees of the Lord
In the name of compassion or kindness, a kanishTha-adhikari approves of
the nondevotional activities of such materialistic men.
Because the kanishTha-adhikari is ignorant of the higher realms of
devotional service and the unlimited transcendental bliss of Krishna
consciousness, he sees devotional service merely as the religious aspect of
life but thinks that life has many enjoyable and worthwhile
nondevotional aspects.
Therefore he becomes angry when second-class devotees, who are
experiencing that Krishna is everything, criticize the nondevotees.
Madhvacarya says that such a person, because of his rudimentary faith in
Krishna, is considered a devotee, but he is bhaktadhama, a devotee on the
lowest standard. If such materialistic devotees follow the rules and
regulations of Deity worship, they will gradually be elevated to a higher
standard and eventually become pure devotees of the Lord, unless they
commit offenses against other devotees, in which case their advancement
will be checked.
Kanishta adhikari
• Kanishtha devotee offends demigods
• A devotee of the Lord should not misinterpret Bhagavad-gita’s injunctions
against demigod worship as a license to offend the demigods, who are bona fide
Vaishnavas.
• shrila Madhvacarya states, tad-bhaktanam upekshakaù kuryur vishnav api
dvesham. Those who neglect or show indifference to the devotees of the Lord are
to be considered offenders at the lotus feet of Vishnu. Similarly, those who
disrespect the demigods will become bereft of devotional service and be forced to
rotate again and again within saàsara, the cycle of birth and death.
• Püjya devas tataù sada: the demigods are always to be offered respect, since they
are devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If someone is envious of the
demigods, he is to be considered envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Similarly, one who offers sincere respect to the demigods is considered to be
respecting the will of the Supreme Lord.
• A Vaishnava does not foolishly think that there are many gods. He knows that
there is one Supreme Personality of Godhead. But as stated many times in
shrimad-Bhagavatam, the Lord has a mission within this material world, which is
to reform the conditioned living entities through the cruel laws of nature. In the
Lord’s mission within this world, the demigods are to be considered limbs of the
Lord’s body.
Examples of devotees who worshiped the demigods to get benedictions for serving Lord Krishna.
- The gopis worshiped the demigods to achieve Krishna, and
Kanishta adhikari
• According to shrila Jiva Gosvami, since a kanishTha-adhikari who cannot
properly respect other devotees will certainly fail to offer respects to
ordinary living entities who are not even devotees, a kanishTha-adhikari
is useless for practical preaching work unless he comes to a higher
platform of understanding.
• shrila Jiva Gosvami says, iyaà ca shraddha na shastrarthavadharana-jata.
Because the kanishTha-adhikari’s faith is not actually based on the
statements of Vedic literature, he cannot understand the exalted position
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead within everyone ’ s heart.
Therefore he cannot actually manifest love of Godhead, nor can he
understand the exalted position of the devotees of the Lord. Krishna is so
glorious that Krishna’s intimate associates must also be glorious. But
this is unknown to a kanishTha-adhikari.
• Similarly, the essential qualification of a Vaishnava, which is to offer all
respects to others (amanina manadena kirtaniyaù sada hariù [Cc. adi
17.31] is also conspicuous by its absence in a kanishTha-adhikari. If
such a person, however, has faith in the Vedic literatures and tries to
understand the statements of Bhagavad-gita and shrimad-Bhagavatam, he
will gradually be elevated to the second-and first-class stages of
devotional service.
Kanishta adhikari
• As one comes to the madhyama-adhikari platform, one is able to understand the
expansions of the Supreme Lord, whereas the kanishTha-adhikari ’ s entire
knowledge of the Lord is limited to the Deity. Nonetheless, Krishna is so kind that
to encourage even the lowest class of Vaishnavas He condenses all of His various
forms into the Deity so that by worshiping the Deity the kanishTha-adhikari
devotee is worshiping all the forms of the Lord. As the devotee makes advancement,
he can understand these forms as they appear in their own way, both within this
world and in the spiritual sky.
• The Deity is a particular incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord
Krishna can present Himself before the worshiper in five different manifestations,
namely His original form as Krishna (para), His quadruple expansions (vyüha), His
pastime incarnations (vaibhava), the Supersoul (antaryami) and the Deity (arca).
• Within the Deity form (arca) is the Supersoul, who in turn is included within the
Lord’s pastime forms (vaibhava). The Supreme Lord’s vaibhava-prakasha is an
emanation from the catur-vyüha. This quadruple expansion of the Lord is situated
within the supreme truth, Vasudeva, who Himself is situated within the svayaàprakasha-tattva. This svayaà-prakasha consists of expansions of the ultimate
svayaà-rüpa-tattva, the original form of Krishna within Goloka Vrindavana in the
spiritual sky. This hierarchy of the expansions of the Supreme Lord in the spiritual
world is realized even within the material world in terms of one’s eagerness to
render service to the Lord. A beginner in the lowest stage of devotional service
should try to dedicate all his activities to the satisfaction of the Lord and cultivate
the worship of Krishna in the temple.
Kanishta adhikari
• Kanishtha devotee cannot appreciate the paraphernalia of the Lord
• shri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very pleased with King Prataparudra when the
King, upon receiving an outer cloth from the Lord, immediately installed it as a
Deity and began to worship it as being as good as the Lord Himself. Lord shiva
himself has stated, tasmad parataraà devi tadiyanaà samarcanam. Worship of the
paraphernalia, entourage or devotees of the Lord is even better than worship of the
Lord, because the Lord is more pleased by worship of His devotees and entourage
than by worship of Himself personally.
• According to shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, the inability of the
kanishTha-adhikari to appreciate the Lord’s devotees, entourage and paraphernalia
indicates that such a materialistic Vaishnava is still affected by the speculative
understanding of the karma-vadis and Mayavadis, those who are dedicated to sense
gratification and impersonal speculation about the Absolute. shrila Prabhupada
often said that only the impersonalist desires to see Krishna alone; we desire to see
Krishna with His cows, His friends, His parents, His gopis, His flute, jewelry,
forest scenery and so on. Krishna is gorgeous in the setting of Vrindavana.
• One who is uninterested in the Lord’s paraphernalia, entourage and devotees has a
stunted conception of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This must be due to
contamination from the impersonal and sensuous understandings of life.
• shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura states that after hundreds of lifetimes of
faithfully worshiping the Deity of Lord Vasudeva with external paraphernalia, one
realizes the true nature of His transcendental name and mantras, and the bondage
of one’s materialistic mentality slackens.
Madhyama adhikari
Every living entity within the material world is eternally a
minute fragmental portion of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. Mamaivaàsho jiva-loke jiva-bhütaù sanatanaù (Bg.
15.7).
But because of the influence of maya the puffed-up conditioned
souls become inimical to the service of the Lord and the
Lord’s devotees, choose leaders among the materialistic
sense gratifiers, and thus engage busily in a useless society
of the cheaters and the cheated, a society of the blind leading
the blind into a ditch.
Although the community of Vaishnavas is sincerely eager to
serve the conditioned souls by bringing them back to their
constitutional position, by maya’s influence the materialistic
living entity becomes hardhearted and rejects the mercy of
the Lord’s devotees.
Madhyama adhikari
Madhyama adhikari should avoid atheists
to avoid getting polluted and
to save them from degrading further
According to shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura,
although a second-class devotee is eager to preach to the innocent
conditioned souls, he SHOULD AVOID the atheistic class of men so that
he will not become disturbed or polluted by their association.
shrila Vishvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has confirmed that a Vaishnava
should be indifferent to those who are envious of the Supreme Lord.
It is practically seen that when such persons are informed of the glories of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they attempt to ridicule the
Supreme Lord, thus further deteriorating their polluted existence.
In this connection shrila Vishvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has quoted from
the Tenth Canto of shrimad-Bhagavatam (10.20.36): “Sometimes in
autumn the water falls down from the tops of the hills to supply clean
water, and sometimes the water stops. Similarly, sometimes great saintly
persons distribute clear knowledge, and sometimes they are silent.”
Madhyama adhikari
Don’t imitate a pure devotee in exhibiting aversion toward
demons
In this regard, shrila Jiva Gosvami has mentioned that although
the first-class devotee of the Lord may at times exhibit
apparent hatred toward the demons because of entering the
mood of the Lord’s pastimes, the intermediate devotees
should avoid such feelings.
Madhyama adhikari
Keep distance from envious, but
meditate upon ways to save them
According to shrila Vishvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, if a
Vaishnava preacher encounters one who is envious of him,
the preacher should remain far away from such an envious
person. But the Vaishnava preacher may meditate upon ways
to save the envious class of men. Such meditation is called
sad-acara, or saintly behavior.
shrila Jiva Gosvami has mentioned Prahlada Maharaja as an
example of a saintly person. In shrimad-Bhagavatam (7.9.43)
there is the following statement by Prahlada : naivodvije
para duratyaya-vaitaranyas
Although a Vaishnava preacher constantly meditates on the
welfare of all living entities, he will not associate with those
who are unreceptive to the message of the Supreme Lord,
Krishna. In this regard shrila Vishvanatha Cakravarti
Thakura states that even Bharata Maharaja, Vyasadeva and
shukadeva Gosvami do not exhibit their mercy
Madhyama adhikari
Discrimination of a Madhyama adhikari is not lack of mercy
shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura has given an
elaborate explanation to prove that the discrimination
employed by a madhyama-adhikari preacher does not at all
show a lack of mercy.
He states that upeksha, or neglect, as mentioned in this verse,
is the proper medicine for those who are inimical to the
Supreme Lord and His devotees.
Indifference from the preacher checks feelings of hostility on
both sides. Although there is a Vedic injunction that one
should cut out the tongue of a person who offends the
Supreme Lord and His devotees, in this age it is best simply
to avoid potential offenders and thus prevent them from
committing further sinful activities against the Vaishnavas.
Madhyama adhikari
Discrimination of a Madhyama adhikari is not lack of mercy
It is the duty of a Vaishnava preacher to point out the futility of
any process besides surrendering to the Supreme Lord.
An envious person, however, will resent such strong preaching
by a Vaishnava and disrespect him, considering the devotee
to be unnecessarily criticizing others. Such a person, who
cannot appreciate the mercy of Vaishnavas, should be
neglected. Otherwise, according to shrila Bhaktisiddhanta
Sarasvati Thakura, his cheating mentality will increase day
by day.
Madhyama adhikari
Discrimination of a Madhyama adhikari is not lack of mercy
Those who are not attracted to the saìkirtana movement of shri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu and who disrespect the faithful
servants of Lord Caitanya, considering their strong
statements about the saìkirtana movement to be obstacles to
their own worship of the Lord, will never be able to fix their
minds on Krishna, but will gradually fall down from the path
of devotion by confusing the external activities of the
material world with the actual worship of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Krishna.
Madhyama adhikari
The Foolish concept of mercy and equal vision
shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura has strongly rejected
those foolish persons who, under a plea of mercy and equal
vision, perceive that a faithless person is also a devotee of
the Supreme Lord and who thus try to thrust the hari-nama,
or holy name of God, upon such offensive people.
shrila Bhaktisiddhanta has stated, “When childish people think
themselves maha-bhagavatas and act in defiance of the
Vaishnava spiritual master, such behavior simply holds them
back from receiving the mercy of the Vaishnava guru.
Bewildered by false ego, these self-proclaimed devotees
gradually become fit to be ignored by pure devotees on the
intermediate platform and are cheated of the mercy that
comes from the devotees’ satisfaction.
Madhyama adhikari
The Foolish concept of mercy and equal vision
Thus they become asadhu by constantly committing offenses
against the devotees who preach the holy name of Krishna.
Pure devotees, therefore, in all circumstances display
indifference to those who falsely imagine themselves to be
vishuddha-bhaktas, or pure devotees of the Lord. This
indifference is an excellent manifestation of their mercy.”
In other words, those who criticize the Vaishnava preachers on
the second-class platform for discriminating between those
who are fit to receive the Lord’s mercy and those who are
simply envious are misunderstanding the mission of the
Lord. (eg) Even such a great Vaishnava as shukadeva
Gosvami, one of the twelve mahajanas in this universe,
expressed his contempt for the evil Kaàsa.
Madhyama adhikari
A discriminating Vaishnava is not a envious person
shrila Jiva Gosvami has pointed out that even though the maha-bhagavata
devotee may act on the second-class platform for preaching, his rejection
of the envious living entities does not obstruct his vision of the Lord as
all-pervading.
Rather, when a first-class devotee or even a second-class devotee rejects the
atheistic class of men, he is expressing the mission of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead.
A first-class or second-class Vaishnava never actually becomes envious of
another living entity, but out of intense love for the Supreme Lord he
becomes angry when the Lord is offended. Also, understanding the
Lord’s mission, he discriminates according to the position of a particular
living entity. To consider such a Vaishnava preacher an ordinary, envious
person, or to consider him sectarian because of his proclamation of pure
devotional service as the most exalted of all methods of spiritual
advancement, reflects a materialistic vision called vaishnave jati-buddhiù
or gurushu nara-matiù. Such an offense drags the offender down to a
hellish condition of life by the laws of nature.
Madhyama adhikari
Uttama adhikari is prepared to offer respects even to a demon
On the other hand, if it is the Lord’s desire, a pure devotee can offer his
respects to all living beings. For example, shrila Jiva Gosvami mentions
that Uddhava and other pure devotees of the Lord were always prepared
to offer respectful obeisances even to such persons as Duryodhana.
Madhyama-adhikaris, however, should not imitate such uttama-adhikari
behavior.
In this connection, the distinction between madhyama-adhikari and uttama-adhikari
is stated by shrila Vishvanatha Cakravarti Thakura as follows. A madhyamaadhikari cannot at any time perceive the presence of the Supreme Lord within all
living beings, whereas an uttama-adhikari, however he acts on the second-class
platform to carry out the Lord’s mission, is aware that every living entity is
ultimately a forgetful Krishna conscious living entity. Therefore, although a
devotee may externally engage four different types of behavior, as mentioned in
this verse—namely, worship of the Lord, friendship with the devotees, preaching
to the innocent and rejection of the demons—he is not necessarily on the secondclass platform, since an uttama-adhikari also may exhibit these symptoms to
carry out the Lord’s mission.
In this regard, shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura mentions that it is
the duty of the madhyama-adhikari to extend himself as the right hand of
the uttama-adhikari, vowing to work for the benefit of others and offering
to help in distributing love of Krishna.
NOI
Text Six
Offences
Against A Pure Devotee
Criticism of
Bodily Defects
Birth
BG 9.30
Even if NOT from
Brahman or
Goswami Family
api cet
suduracaro
Material Vision
Who IS
a Goswami?
Non-Envious &
Pride less
NOT Herditary
Rupa &
Sanatana
To Advise
To Correct
Protest Goswami
Title Given to
American Vaisnavas
Proud of Own
Birth
The Effect:
Obstructive &
Dangerous
For KC
Advancement
Should See How
He is Serving
The Lord
What’s the Origin
Of External
Vision?
Did NOT
Appreciate the
Extraordinary
Activities of
Spreading
KC Worldwide
Thinks That KC
Is Limited to a
Goswami Families
May Criticise
Not Envious of
Western
Sannyasis
Jealous
NOT Observe Actions
of Pure Devotee
From Material
Perspective
Monopoly of
Pure Devotees
Disciplinary
Action
Certain Section
of People
Certain Section
Of Devotees
Certain Tract
Of Land
Prabhupada’s
Godbrothers
Empowered Person
Should NOT be
Treated as
an Ordinary
Human Being
CC Ant 7.11
Krishna-shakti
vina nahi
NOI
Text Seven
Principles of Chanting
Symptoms of
Disease
Cause of
Disease
Cure
Beyond
Cure
What?
NO Taste for
Name, Form, etc.
Individual
Bitter
Sugar Candy /
Jaundice
CC Mad 20.117
krishna bhuli'
CC Mad 20.108
jivera 'svarüpa'
bhavaù
Chanting
Ignorance
Method:
Care & Attention
Forgetfulness
Benefits:
Easy & Beneficial
Effects:
ceto-darpana
Mirror & Fire
Where?
Distracted by Maya
3 Symptoms
ISKCON
False or Bad Shelter
(Durashraya)
shraddha
sadhu-saìgaù
Hope Against Hope
Little Faith
Cannot Understand
Mistakes
Collective
bhajana-kriya
Definition:
preliminary
awakening
of dormant love
of Godhead
Comes to ISKCON
Sankirtana
No Bodily
Concepts
Understand:
Krishna & Maya
anartha-nivritti
Atheistic Leadership
16 Rnds. & 4 Regs.
Misled by
Blind Leaders
BG 7.15
na maà dushkritino
Oppose Devotee
Endeavours
Personally Never
Surrender to Krishna
Celibacy &
No Gambling
Undisturbed by
Maya
No Tea, coffee or
restaurants
Sun & Shadow
Happiness
SPIRITUAL Happiness
TIME
Material Happiness
P
N
N
P
P: Poison
N: Nectar
TEMPORARY
TEMPORARY
SENSES
Desire to enjoy
BG 5.22
ETERNAL
ETERNAL
SOUL
SENSE
OBJECTS
Desire to Serve
BG 6.28
LET’s Make Our Intelligence FIT
“DIVE” DEEP INTO
KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
SING your way to happiness
How to make I > M
How to make I > M
NOI
Text Eight
Why to Train?
How to Train?
Friend
Reside
Impressions
In Vraja
Process
Remembrance of
Krishna and
Eternal Associates
Under Shelter of
Advanced
Devotees
Dangerous
How to Serve?
With Feeling
Under Direct Guidance
of a Particular Associate
of Krishna
Sadhana
Function at
Death
spiritual practices
executed while
in stage
of bondage
Think of Krishna
and Pastimes
Creates
Next Body
Sadhya
God realization
ADVICE: Train Mind
To Think of Krishna
Think of Krishna
NOT Birth
Different Stages
of Remembrance
Look at the mind
before you look with the mind
Different Stages
Of Remembrance
shravana-dasha
Varana-dasha
Smaranavastha
Sampatti-dasha
Hearing
Acceptance
Remember &
Chant in Ecstasy
Eternal Relationship
Revealed
5 Stages
of Smarana
Interrupted
Uninterrupted
Uninterrupted &
Concentrated
Meditation Expands
& Becomes
Constant
Uninterrupted &
Unceasing
Anusmriti
Anusmriti
Samadhi
NOI
Text Nine
Hierarchy of Holy Places
Vaikuntha
Mathura
Spiritual World;
Transcendental
Realm
Where
Krishna
Appeared
¾ of
Total Creation
Located in
Material World
Superior to
Material World
Vrindavana
12 Forests
(dvadasha-vana)
Famous for
Krishna’s
Pastimes
Govardhana Hill
Radha-kunda
Krishna Lifted
At the Foot of
Govardhana Hill
Love of Krishna
Over-flows
Krishna
Tends Cows
Advanced Souls
Reside
Site of Many
Loving Pastimes
Rendezvous
with
Shri Radha
Rediscovered
by
Lord Caitanya
Most Dear to
Gaudiya
Vaisnavas
Excavated by
Six Goswamis
Not Other
Vaishnava
sampradayas
Or Those NOT
Engaged in
Devotional
Service
How spiritual dham manifests
in the material world
How can we see the dhama?
NOI
Text Ten
Vikarmis
Act w/out
Vedic
Knowledge
Not
Appreciated by
Saintly Persons
SB 5.5.4
Take Birth as
Animals, Trees
& Plants
Act According to
Vedic Knowledge
Karmis
Progress of
Bhakti
Jnanis
Bhaktas
Come to Platform
Of Knowledge
(atma-tattva)
Know Fruitive
Activities Bind
Superior to
Karmis
Unless Takes to
Devotional Service
Still in Avidya
BG 7.19
Perform
Devotional
Service Under
Reg. Principles
Superior to Vikarmis
Pure Devotees
Elevated to
Higher Planets
Like the Moon
Develop Pure
Love of Godhead
Return to
martya-loka
BG 9.21
Narada, Sanaka
& Sanatana
Shrimati
Radharani
Gopis
Only Know
Satisfying
Krishna
Expect
NO Return
from Krishna
Cannot
Forget
Krishna
Most Exalted
of
All Devotees
Highest of
All Gopis
Cannot be
Excelled
Krishna Cannot
Understand Her
Vipralambha-seva
Mood of Seperation
Mood of
Lord Caitanya
Better Than
Serving Directly
Radha-kunda
Radharani’s
Lake
Serious Devotee
Must Take Shelter
Execute Service
There
Came as
Lord Caitanya
Most Exalted Place
Laghu-bhagavatamrita
Uttara-khanda 45
NOI
Text Eleven
Serving Radha-kunda
Why
Radha-kunda?
Belongs to
Radha
Most
Beloved
Gopi
As Dear
to Krishna
As Radha Herself
Who?
Bhaktivinoda
Thakura
Writes:
Bhaktisiddhanta
Sarasvati Thakura
Writes:
Those Interested
In Advanced
Devotional Service
In wake of
Sakhis &
Manjaris
Unlimited
Glories
Those Under
Protection of
Lord Caitanya
Rarely
Attained
Those Eager
To Go Back
to Godhead
The
Result
How?
Not Just
Ordinary
Devotees
Bathing
As Many
Times
As Possible
Not Even
Narada or Sanaka
Only the
Greatly Fortunate
Giving up
Material
Conceptions
Most Important
Devotional
Service
Residing
Serve Under
Serving Maids
In Loving
Service Of Lord
Pure Love of
Krishna in
Wake of Gopis
By
Bathing
Once
Will Return
To Godhead to
Radha
Under gopi
Supervision